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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Shellfish Stocks, Oystercatcher and Knot (bird) Modelling Data for the Burry Inlet and Three Rivers (2004-2007)</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=007_NRW_DS109818</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The Burry Inlet Special Protection Area (SPA) supports nationally and internationally important populations of wildfowl and waders which feed on the mudflats and sandflats over the winter period. Oystercatcher feed predominantly on cockles, and knot feed on a range of prey including cockle spat. CCW commissioned a series of studies to determine the food requirements of oystercatcher and knot, to develop conservation objectives, monitoring targets and to assess the implications of cockle and mussel fishing scenarios on the bird populations. The latest of which is published as CCW Marine Monitoring Report no. 65. The purpose of this project was to extend previous modelling to incorporate both the Burry Inlet and Three Rivers in order to determine the inter-reliance of the sites and how environmental change (e.g. changes in shellfishing, habitat loss, changes in human disturbance, climate change and changes in population size) affects foraging animal populations. This information will be used to help inform management of the SPA.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20090206</dc:date>
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